Controlling influences on daily fluctuations of inhalable particles and gas concentrations: Local versus regional and exotic atmospheric pollutants at Puertollano, Spain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3207-3218

  Moreno, Teresa ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   dos Santos, Saul García ^b   Gibbons, Wes ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c AP 23075   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fumigation; Industry; NOx; PM10; SO2; Spain

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUMIGATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PULMONARY DISEASES; SILICA;

ASTHMATICS; HUMAN HEALTH; PM10; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DESERT; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; FUMIGATION; GAS EXCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DUST; HEALTH; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; WINTER;

AFRICA; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; PUERTOLLANO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33646506678     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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